Big Game Fishing
. . . Is admittedly not for everyone. Long hours on the water, long hours in noisy power boats, even long hours fighting fish may not be your cup of tea, particularly if you're the instant gratification type. However, the fishing skills are totally unique, there is a crew coordination element not seen or required in other forms of fishing that means fishing as a team with specific critical tasks at various stages in the process is just as critical as having the unique skills as an angler that also mean the difference between success or failure.
Some anglers don't like the idea of a long day of fishing which on the best of days still may mean no fish for the table given that this is primarily a catch-and-release sport. . . although most good days also result in enough mahi-mahi or tuna to feed the neighbourhood.
However, until you've seen your first marlin powering away from a boat with just its tail in the water, with a lure in its mouth, a whitewater and foam trail bigger than a speedboat behind it, and a reel screaming in protest as the fish strips of metres of line every second, then you haven't really experienced the sport.
Spending an hour or two locked in a test of strength with a fish that may weigh three or four times what you do can also certainly put an entirely different perspective on what you used to think of as fishing before you tried this version of the sport.
The following articles, as well as the photos and videos found elsewhere on this website help you understand what is so alluring to big game fishing's hard core devotees...
Some anglers don't like the idea of a long day of fishing which on the best of days still may mean no fish for the table given that this is primarily a catch-and-release sport. . . although most good days also result in enough mahi-mahi or tuna to feed the neighbourhood.
However, until you've seen your first marlin powering away from a boat with just its tail in the water, with a lure in its mouth, a whitewater and foam trail bigger than a speedboat behind it, and a reel screaming in protest as the fish strips of metres of line every second, then you haven't really experienced the sport.
Spending an hour or two locked in a test of strength with a fish that may weigh three or four times what you do can also certainly put an entirely different perspective on what you used to think of as fishing before you tried this version of the sport.
The following articles, as well as the photos and videos found elsewhere on this website help you understand what is so alluring to big game fishing's hard core devotees...
